SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Catholics ratcheted up their campaign against abortion over the weekend, as a public petition to decriminalize the practice gains momentum under the liberal government. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference decided during a meeting at the weekend to issue a statement opposing the repeal of the crime of abortion. A [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — KT&G Corp. South Korea’s leading cigarette maker, on Monday officially began selling its new tobacco-heating device, amid growing popularity of heat-not-burn (HNB) products in the country. The new product, dubbed lil, heats up tobacco leaves without generating smoke using battery power, according to the company. KT&G said the 10,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Monday it confirmed a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (AI) in wild bird droppings in the southern part of the country. The latest discovery came a day after the AI virus was detected at a poultry farm with 12,000 ducks in Gochang, some [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Samsung Bioepis Co. said Monday it has won approval from European authorities for the sale of its biosimilar drug Ontruzant. The European Commission (EC) accepted Samsung Bioepis’ application to sell the biosimilar referencing Switzerland-based Roche Holding’s Herceptin, also known as Trastuzumab, the company said. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw shipments of electronic cigarettes soar this year on their growing popularity among smokers amid a tumble in sales of conventional tobacco, government data showed Sunday. According to the data from the finance ministry, shipments of electronic cigarettes, including Phillip Morris’ IQOS and British American Tobacco’s Glo, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Tae-kyung, a 37-year-old office worker who has been smoking for 15 years, recently switched to an e-cigarette that heats tobacco without burning. “This is said to be less harmful than traditional cigarettes,” Lee said, as he took a puff on his pen-shaped contraption at a designated smoking zone [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Young men living alone are at a greater risk of committing suicide while their female counterparts are more prone to unhealthy habits like smoking and drinking, a report said Friday. A research team at Asan Medical Center analyzed the mental and other health patterns of 3,381 people (1,209 men, [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Cadmium, one of the key substances in fine dust particles, can slow down an individual’s walking pace, a new study has claimed. A research team led by professor Choi Yun-hyeong at Gachon University discovered that exposure to cadmium, which is often found in fine dust and cigarettes, can have a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of smokers who are diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases still cannot quit the habit, suggesting that follow-up care should include measures to help them stop smoking, a medical report said Thursday. The report, written by a joint team of South Korean medical staff from different institutions, said a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — People who live in the vicinity of bus stops might be twice as likely to develop lung cancer, a recent study has found. According to findings from a joint study conducted by Inha University Hospital, Samsung Medical Center and Asan Medical Center, some patients diagnosed with lung cancer were found [...]